Builds Beaten, built, 80 series rebuild thread (1 Viewer)

[Broski]

Nice truck Dogfish I really like your attention to detail.

 

[dogfishlake]

Nice truck Dogfish I really like your attention to detail.

Thanks! I really have a tendency to halfway do stuff, but I try to get it buttoned up eventually.

 

[dogfishlake]

I took the 80 to Silver Lake sand dunes. It's a state park on the shore of Lake Michigan. It's nice because it is geared toward ORV's unlike the other parks here that aren't at all. The place is packed with every manner of vehicle, some are incredible and some don't make much sense! Very few Toyotas unfortunately. An 80 here is rare enough that I even got thumbs up from some of the Jeep drivers!

All in all, the truck did very well, no problem climbing when I went to 10 psi, and there are some steep suckers. Held its own drag racing on the groomed 300 ft. strip, and was awesome in the water holes.

I'm glad to have gotten to go and baseline my current shocks, OME's with a lot of miles on them. They are tired and replacements are in the works!

Here's a few pictures of the dunes

 

[dogfishlake]

Short clip of a good water cross (for me), guy in the red dodge followed me and flooded his engine.

 

[dogfishlake]

I got my Uniden 520xl cb installed, and while I had the panel off I installed my repurposed defroster switch for the sub tank. It still needs the relabel but it lights up and works great.

 

[dogfishlake]

 

[dogfishlake]

Putting my slee 2.5 shocks on today. ONE done! I know I am opening myself to be called a sticker whore but I had my buddy make me some Slee Offroad decals to bling my shocks up.

 

[dogfishlake]

My clock is ticking, headed to Colorado on July 29th and I gotta quit wrenching pretty quick to get some shakedown miles before I go. Still have rear axle service, all fluids front to back, intercooler tidy up, wiring, and hopefully motor mounts. Piece of cake, right?

 

[dogfishlake]

Probably silly overkill but from now on when I pull a wheel it gets a piece of tape on it till it's back on and torqued. I haven't left a wheel loose in many years (yes I've done it before) until I painted the rear end. Both rears came loose cause I only snugged them. I wasn't going to post about it cause I feel like a dumbass but oh well. Luckily it didn't hurt my wheels, but lost 3 lug nuts. My spacers look ok but I'm replacing them anyway in case I stressed the studs too much. Anyways I think the tape thing should help

 

[dogfishlake]

Switching to brighter tape too. Idiot proof!

 

[dogfishlake]

Front shock on!

 

[dogfishlake]

Tonight I finished up a rear axle service. It apparently has been done before because the axles had permatex instead of gaskets and the bearings were Timken insted of Koyo. There was a lot of oil from the diff in there so it was definitely time to refresh it. I put in new Toyota gaskets and seals and new Koyo bearings. I also put on a new set of Spidertrax spacers. I wish I'd have thought to get new shoes and hardware for the e brake but it didn't look too bad so it will have to be a later project

 

[dogfishlake]

I powder coated the hubs and axle faces

 

[dogfishlake]

Assembling the pieces

 

[dogfishlake]

Final product

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

While you had the rear axles out did you shave the spline for in the chance you break an axle you can get it out?

 

[dogfishlake]

No I didn't. I haven't heard of that one. What do you do exactly?

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

No I didn't. I haven't heard of that one. What do you do exactly?

See attach for what to do

search removing rear broken axle for the why

 

[dogfishlake]

See attach for what to do

search removing rear broken axle for the why

Thats a cool mod, never knew about the issue. It will have to go on the never ending project list

 

[FloridaFJ80]

Truck looking amazing!!!! excellent work Pat!!!